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they probably know people don’t actually turns off their devices lol
Sheesh. How often do you need to reach for the power button? It's got solid state storage. Just flip it on its damn side and stop whinging.
Other people don't use computers the same way I do, therefore they must be whiny idiots.
Apple's new power bottom.
Even if it’s not a big deal, it’s a form over function decision and I was hoping Apple is over that by now.
It’s not, we solved this issue before the invention of the computer, just use a capacitive touch sensor, you can literally make any power button completely invisible, this is malicious design.
They did that on the old G4 cube, it illuminated when it was powered on to show where the capacitive power "button" was, but it was basically invisible when the device was powered off.
I've seen a decent number of people mention that current placement is too easy to accidentally hit while plugging something in. I've also experienced that.
However, if you think Apple is ever going to get over form over function, you're very mistaken. It's literally their entire identity.
Finally, a power button my stupid cats can't sit on and turn the computer off with.
Laptop? Oh yeah, they'll turn that off. Gaming desktop? Yep, but only if it's annoying for them to have done so. Home server? Yes, but only because they know that's the most annoying thing to power cycle.
But why? Same question for the Magic Mouse?
It’s a subtle hint that you don’t have to power off your computer between uses. Most modern computers go into an ultra low power mode when not in use.
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I can’t wait for all the Apple haters to absolutely lose their shit over such an inconsequential thing.
I actually have to press this all the time when my mini freezes or there has been a power failure. My mini has quite a few cables plugged into it and a stack of drives on top. So yeah lifting it up to press a button is decidedly inconvenient and inelegant. It’s not killing anyone’s babies but we’re talking about product design here. Inconvenient and inelegant are 100% fair game.
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I’m not an apple hater, I have a Mac mini. However, our power goes out fairly regularly in the winter, and it’ll get old having to get the thing out of the back of my desk at start it again pretty bloody quickly, it’s an obviously daft place to put it.
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apple calls it "feature"
Apple designers: I wAnT tO bE dIfFeReNt
I had a mini sitting there for about a year before someone pointed out it was upside down on my desk. I thought the side that says "Mac mini" was supposed to be facing up? But no, apparently it's the Apple logo side. With the power button on the model name side, I think that could fuel a nice, juicy OCD argument with my coworker?
I'm gonna guess the hard drive and RAM are still not upgradeable by us?
The RAM is built into the M4 chip... So unless you are cutting the chip open and doing soldering no
What do you mean „still“? They moved away from that for years now, they won’t be going back.
Why would they switch back?
That’s never changing. You can connect a separate storage drive but it’ll be slower than the built in one.
I actually kinda like that. The amount of times I've accidently shut down my laptop through the dock (very similar shape as the mac mini) just (un)plugging a cable and bumping the power button is ridiculous
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